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to sleep on a regular bed and eat regular food. Su, on the other hand, walked to prison, slept on a thin mattress, and ate very simple foods. When Wu Zetian received reports, she pardoned Su and allowed him to resume his posts, while initially sentencing Zhang to death but then commuting the death penalty to exile.
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had just been made a general commanding the imperial guards, and, after searching for a talented person to write a thanksgiving submission to then-reigning
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